Andromeda Galaxy with New Scope

I received my new Stellarvue Access 80 ED yesterday. Luckily it was also a clear night! I set the scope up on my AZ-GTI in EQ mode and shot 1 minute subs. I probably could have went a little longer as the mount was tracking GREAT, I only had to reset it for the meridian flip.

So far, I am really liking the scope. I am using The Stellarvue SFF3-25-48 field flattener, but I still see pretty bad coma around the edges using a full frame DSLR. with a slight crop they are gone though.

I used Astro Pixel Processor for stacking. I am still learning the ropes with this program, so I am sure I am not doing things 100% correctly yet. I post processed in Photoshop and also in Nik Effects plugin.

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Your progress is moving at about 0.95 times the speed of light - this is a major enhancement to your last M31! That new OTA is really helping out, and 80mm frames M31 pretty much perfectly with your DSLR sensor. Lovely detail, and your colors look much more natural to me. truly a wonderful result!

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